Group 8

Using a case study of your choice, plan an

educational program using the Knowles model

Group Members.

Back ground

Malcolm Shepherd Knowles (1913 1997) was an American educator

well noted for the term Andragogy
which is also referred to as adult
education

Philosophies underlying the

model
Adults move towards self dependence /
direction
Adults experiences are useful in the
learning process
Adults readiness to learn is derived form
their socio - development tasks
There is immediacy of application
Motivation in internal

Case study
Functional Adult Education
Computer Training ( Information
Technology)
The world is a global village and IT tends to
control the world. So adults in their various work
places need to upgrade themselves so that they
catch up with the changing times. They need
their skills and knowledge in computer to be
heightened so not to become a liability

Program Objectives
* To assist adult to acquire the needed
skills and knowledge in computer. This
is because adults learning is centered
more on problem solving than mere
knowledge of a subject

Objectives continued
* To sustain the individual interest by ensuring
that the timing favours the learner
* To enable adults bring to bare their
experiences and meet their needs on a group
basis.
- Each adult coming to the learning
environment posseses a kind of experience
and each learner's need varies from the other

Cont.
Therefore adults with a similar need
would be put together so that
experiences can be shared and skills
developed.
* To ensure adults comfort. By making
Institutional philosophies favourable

Program content
The content would be based on the needs
of the adult learner since they require the
skills to apply immediately in their work
places and per the program it will contain
* Word
*Excel
* Spreadsheet

 PowerPoint
OneNote
OneDrive
May also include the inculcation of a
need that was not previously
assessed

Delivery Methods
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*
*
*

Instructions
Presentations
lectures
observations

Methods of Evaluation

* Class assignments
* Examinations
*Praticals.
(field trip)

References
Knowles, M. S. (1950) Informal Adult
Education, New York: Association
Press. Guide for educators based on
the writer's experience as a
programme organizer in the YMCA.
Knowles, M. S. (1962) A History of the
Adult Education Movement in the
USA, New York: Krieger. A revised
edition was published in 1977.